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Box Office: Quantum Leaps Into First
The new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, leaped to box office success in its opening weekend, coming in at No. 1 with an estimated $70.4 million. This was a record breaker, in fact: According to Variety, it was "the biggest opening ever for a James Bond title and a major victory for a film franchise nearly half a century old."
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Changeling: An Emotional Meat Grinder
Clint Eastwood sure isn't one to shy away from dark, gut-wrenching material for his directorial projects, and Changeling is no exception. I went into the screening bracing myself for sorrow and pain, but I didn't brace myself enough. Changeling contains all the heavy sentimentality of Million Dollar Baby and that punch-in-the-stomach anguish of injustice found in Mystic River.
Watch, Pass, TiVo or Rent: Changeling
This latest drama from director Clint Eastwood looks powerfully emotional and possibly devastating. Set in the late-1920s, Angelina Jolie plays Christine Collins, a mother whose son has gone missing. A boy shows up claiming to be her son, but isn't, and Christine must then fight against corrupt police officers (who consider the case closed) in her frantic search for answers.
Movie Preview: Angelina Jolie in Changeling
As is the case with many of this Fall's most anticipated films, Clint Eastwood's Changeling looks to be heavy, dark and emotionally draining. Luckily, Eastwood got Angelina Jolie, no stranger to this type of material, to play the heart-wrenchingly sympathetic protagonist. The movie screened at Cannes and many who have seen it agree that it will have no problem nabbing Oscar nominations.
First Look: Angelina Jolie in Changeling
Clint Eastwood's period drama, Changeling (or The Exchange, depending on who you ask) premiered at Cannes and succeeded in impressing the critics, some of whom claim that Angelina Jolie may be looking at an Oscar nomination for her starring role. There's still no trailer for the film which is supposed to open in limited release October 24, but we do have a clip to check out.
The movie is set in the late-1920s and is based on true events.
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below you can now add High School Musical 3, Flash of Genius, Religulous, and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People to your queue.
Box Office: High School Musical 3 Is Still No. 1
Those whippersnappers have once again snapped up the box office crown. Over the Halloween weekend, High School Musical 3 got top marks at the box office for the second weekend in a row, this time bringing in just over $15 million. According to Variety, this pushed "its worldwide total to an estimated $146.8 million after 10 days in release."
Box Office: Madagascar Wins Lion's Share of the Bucks
The animated sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa was a big hit with audiences over the weekend, earning a whopping $63.5 million. In fact, it set some records and "narrowly scored the best opening of the year for a family toon, as well as the seventh best bow of all time." Madagascar 2 just barely surpassed Wall-E which brought in $63 million its opening weekend.
Clint Eastwood Looking to Direct Angelina
Angelina Jolie has her hands full with adoptions these days, but Clint Eastwood's arms are noticeably empty of Oscar statuettes. Perhaps that's one reason the nominated Letters from Iwo Jima director is eyeing The Changeling for his next project. Variety is reporting that Eastwood could soon be working with Jolie on the highly anticipated new film from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
Buzz News Roundup, 6/11
- Variety has the news that Paulo Coelho (author of The Alchemist) is asking for video submissions — via MySpace — of readers' interpretations of his novel The Witch of Portobello. Coelho then plans to "weave submissions into a 52-minute TV movie."
- Bravo has chefs on the brain: It's spinning off a series called Top Chef Juniors about teens in the kitchen and will also develop a show about the "world's sexiest chef," TV Week reports.
- Earlier this week, a stuntman filming John Woo's new movie was killed in what's being called "a bizarre fire," writes Reuters.
- Disturbed topped this week's music charts, but Lil' Wayne is already on pace to be next week's No. 1 with what could be the year's biggest album, Billboard reports.
- ComingSoon has the news that Clint Eastwood's upcoming movie Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie, has a new release date of October 24.
- HBO has partnered with FunnyorDie and will help the site develop 10 half-hour TV shows for the network, Variety reports.
- Nicole Sullivan will star in a half-hour comedy for Lifetime called Rita Rocks, which will be Lifetime's first original comedy in a decade, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
- According to Hollywood Reporter, Robin Williams may join the cast of the political biopic The Prince of Providence, which already stars Dermot Mulroney and Oliver Platt.
- Francis Capra of Veronica Mars is headed to Heroes, TV Guide reports, while Jamie Kennedy will be the new guy on Ghost Whisperer.
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